i thought this thread was about me correcting misunderstandings about activitypub software

I don't see a title saying "self post: let me correct you about the activitypub protocol", I see a link to Bluesky launching federated storage.

there are no merits to their network that i can see unless one or both of those come to pass

Then don't engage in a discussion about their identity system, just post a blanket comment saying "they suck cause they're not open enough" and leave the thread. The rest of us are here discussing the relative merits of one protocol vs another.